The effects of spatial configuration on preschoolers' attention strategies, selective attention, and incidental learning

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-258

  Blumberg, Fran C ^a   Torenberg, Meira ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention strategies; Child development; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844452468     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.390     Document Type: Article

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